Sunwar language

Sunwar language

language
name=Sunuwar
region=Nepal
speakers=950400nepal and|Sikkim 26,611.familycolo-Tibetan
fam1=Sino-Tibetan
fam2=Tibeto-Burman
fam3=Kiranti
iso3=suz

Sunwar is a Kiranti language spoken in parts of Nepal950400 and Sikkim 26,611.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=suz Ethnologue report on Sunwar]


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